FTR; docker (wmdocker) was invoked on CLI too (or rather, it was user facing) to allow people to dock non-dockable GUI apps.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org>wrote: > I plan on adopting docker and helping with a rename to wmdocker, but the > release team wasn't keen with this. > > I've looked into it, and I do care about it, but this will take time. > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Olivier Berger < > olivier.ber...@telecom-sudparis.eu> wrote: > >> Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> writes: >> >> > >> > A policy refresher for those who stumble on this bug and want to know >> > more about why it's being closed. >> > >> > | 10.1 Binaries >> > | >> > | Two different packages must not install programs with different >> > | functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs >> > | having the same functionality but different implementations >> is handled >> > | via "alternatives" or the "Conflicts" mechanism. See >> Maintainer Scripts, >> > | Section 3.9 and Conflicting binary packages - Conflicts, >> Section 7.4 >> > | respectively.) If this case happens, one of the programs must >> be >> > | renamed. The maintainers should report this to the debian-devel >> mailing >> > | list and try to find a consensus about which program will have to be >> > | renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, both programs must be >> renamed. >> > >> > (I avoided this, docker was there first. I'm planning on renaming it to >> > wmdocker, but doing this switch sucks for everyone) >> > >> >> Maybe we could try to ask for the renaming... lemme file a wishlist bug >> on docker's side... >> >> > node vs nodejs broke (/sbin/node vs /usr/bin/node) and ctte mandated the >> > change. I see no reason why we're any more special. >> > >> >> AFAIR, the two node programs could be tools that one triggers on the >> command line often, rendering the conflict more prominent than in this >> case, where what matters most is the content of docker's menu file >> command specification AFAIU... >> >> Lemme ask on docker's side and report... >> >> Best regards, >> -- >> Olivier BERGER >> http://www-public.telecom-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: >> 2048R/5819D7E8 >> Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF >> Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France) >> > > > > -- > :wq > -- :wq
